gall :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a strong feeling of anxiety; "his worry over the prospect of being fired"; "it is not work but worry that kills"; "he wanted to die and end his troubles"

alienation, disaffection, estrangement

n. the feeling of being alienated from other people

offense, umbrage

n. a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"

jealousy

n. a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

needle, goad, nettle

v. goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

grate, fret, eat into, rankle

v. gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

madden, drive crazy, drive mad, drive nuts

v. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves

tease, bug, badger, harass, beleaguer, pester

v. annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

hassle, plague, harry, provoke, harass, beset, chivy, chivvy, chevy, molest

v. annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

hurt, wound, spite, injure, offend

v. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, make worse

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

fume, fumigate

v. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests

relevance, relevancy

n. the relation of something to the matter at hand

courtesy, good manners

n. a courteous manner

soothe, cause to feel better

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!